The Goyish Concept of Diamond Engagement Rings and Brides Wearing White Gowns

De Beers spearheaded the idea of getting engaged with a diamond engagement ring with its mass advertising only seventy five years ago. This is a newfangled idea. It has no place in Jewish tradition.

The same with brides wearing a white gown for their wedding. It only first became a thing when Queen Victoria wore a white gown to her wedding.

And the problem of going to a hotel room, a place infamous for the types of activities it is notorious for, on the holiest day of your life is perhaps the most shocking of all.

Following close behind is the videotaping of the women dancing at the chasuna on their side of the mechitza. In virtually every case that video will be seen by frum men after the chasuna countless times.

Yidden are not supposed to, or even allowed to, copy the “minhagim” of the Goyim. And even when not technically assur it surely goes against the spirit and kedusha of Torah and Yiddishkeit. Especially during one of the holiest times of our lives when we get married.